Apple's Unlikely Guardian Angel

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 22:50:34 -0500
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Subject: Apple's Unlikely Guardian Angel

Apple's Unlikely Guardian Angel

By Leander Kahney
02:00 AM Jan. 08, 2004 PT

Apple Computer's Macintosh turns 20 years old this month. To mark the
occasion, Wired News is running several stories this week about the
groundbreaking machine, the people who created it and the Mac's
impact on computing and culture in general.

Over the years, one company has stuck by Apple through thick and thin.

While plenty of other companies, friend and foe alike, abandoned the
Mac platform, one firm's support never wavered.

And when other companies failed to make products compatible with
Macs, this software maker frequently made sure it shipped
cross-platform products.

In fact, without the backing of this firm, Apple likely would have died.

Who is Apple's guardian angel? It's the firm that Mac users most love
to hate, the bogeyman of the Mac universe, the one company whose
products some Mac fans refuse to use on principle: Microsoft.

Though many Mac users might be loathe to admit it, Microsoft has
solidly supported the Mac from the get-go.

...

http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,61801,00.html



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